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POETS

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Popular Handsomely
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CiTpID'S PLINENTS.
lie DiScOurses on the Delights of the
Agricultural Life.

WILLS CREEK. \. o., Aa9. is. 1887.
The CHEov1cLE grows ia interest 10 me
with each COPY. The reading ia YOUR edu-
cational issue was lust such as every man
with children enioys. and your editorial
eorrespondence from the mountains is bae-
ter than all the dtsquitions IA editor can
write on tariff reform and such abstract
questions You give your readers bet
ter idea Of men and things and women and
progress III the old North state. by noting
the sayings and doin.s Of the people, and
Hendersonyille should feel better that )
b had been among its citizens-so also
should an The places the editor visits aud
writes about.
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sembly is a young man only twenty six
years old. II Chatham Record.
..HE COULD SET THE WEST ON
FIRE.,

The man for the Democrats to nominate
for Governor in 1888 is r. f. Arm6eld, of
lredell. We have no ulterlor motive, such
as getting him out of the way of some
particular friend for Congress, Judge or
the like, for Caldwell and Iredell are not
IN the same Congressional, Judicial or any
smaller di- trict-they are simply III the
same State Colonel Armtield does not
want Tie office; indeed, he would prefer
not to have it and he would have to make
a big sacrifice if ne did take il. We name
him because we are on the lookout for the
strongest man in the state and We believe
him to be that man. Look back and see
how Zeb Vance and he, running as Gov
ernor and Lieutenant Governor, swept the
State in 1876. Mr.. Armfeld did not run
on the ticket with GOV. Vance in 1876.
cur candidate for Lieut.. Governor was
Thos. J Jarvis. Mr. Armfield was elected
President Of the Senate, and by virtue of
that election, afterwards became Lieut..
Governor ard be made Il good one. Ed
CHRONICLE And Frank Armtield and
Walter Clarke-or ',some other good man
to run with the grand old Iredell states
man-can do it again in 1855. Armfeil
IS, by all odds, the strongest man in the
state especially III tn West He could
set Tie West on fire. No man cam com
pete With hum here Lenoir Topic
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SPEAKER WEBSTER PREDICTS
GESEIAND'S RE-ELECTiCS.

Tie indications point 70 the renewal Of
-Ee old fight Of Cleveland and Blaine in
-. Both are strong with their respective
rarties-So much 50 that opposition VIII
eareeIy be tolerated. They Wlll each be
minated almost by acclamation on the
r-r ballots Of the conventions The fight
viii array the full strength Of the opposing
forces, and Will be holly combated and
-eIy contested. Cleveland will carry
ae bulk Of the Democracy and the Mug
IS mpian element. while Blaine will draw
5 himself the majority Of the Republicans
aud 4 few dissatisfied Democrats. Atem-
Herauce and labor party will pe IN the
ae! The former viii detract largeiy from
sepublican strength, while the latter viii
materially diminish Democratic power
The result is a thing which remains to be
cen, but we incline to the belief that
Cleveland will be elected. III Speaker Web
,ter7 Weekly.
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The Verdict Unanimous.

". p. Suit, Druggist, Bippus, Ind, tes-
tifcs Il can recommend Electric Bltters
as the very best remedy. Every bottle
sold has given relief i'll every case One
man took six bottles, and was cured OF
rheumatism of 10 years standing Abra-
ham Hare, druggist, Beilvllle, ONO, al
firms s.The best selling medicine have
ever handled in my 90 years experience,
is Electric Bitters" Thousands of Others
have added their testimony, so that the
verdict is unanimous that Electric Bltters
do cure all diseases Of the Liver, Kidneys
or Blood. Only a half dollar bottle at
Lee, johnson & Co.'S, Drug Store.
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YOING MEN TO TIE FRONT.

The Young men Of North Carolina are
r45dly becoming the leading educators OF
tile state, and are welding an influence
ta.tt few are aware Of Many of the most
prominent editors and school teachers Of
fa. State are young men under thirty
vars Of age-sOme of them being almost
5-ardlcss Youths. We note this with much
pleasure and think it matter of public
coHgratulation.
At the annual meetings of the North
Carolina Press Association 1t Is a matter
IF general surprise that its members are
yaathful looking. We remember that,
ii the meeting at Morehead City last year,
5nIe one as Il matter of curiosity inquired
the age Of each editor (and there was an
unusually large number), and the average
age Of all was only twenty nine years
We point with pride to the fact that the
editor Of one Of the most influential papers
II. tht. state and who was honored by the
last legislature with the position OF State
Printer is a Young man barely twenty five
Years old Among the school teachers
who now stand at the head Of their pro
ie-siou. aud among the learned professors
Of our University and colleges, are young
men who in outward appearance seem mere
boys. Some Of them indeed look younger
and really are younger than their students.
The President of the n. G. Teachers AS
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The Durham Libel Case Settled.

Some months ago the Durham Cotton
Mills sued the editor Of the Craftsman for
publishing from the Labor Herald a libel
Gus article about the treatment Of opera
tiyes in the cotton mills. The case was to
be tried at the next term of Durham court
Mr. c. K King, editor of he Craftsman,
has written a letter retracting his charges
We understand that the Durham Mills o.
express satisfaction with the retraction
and will allow the matter to drop where it
IS. The following is Mr.. Kings letter:
GREENSBORO, y. g.. July p, 1887.
To THE OFFICERS, DURHAM COTTON MILLS
Co, DURHAM, \. G.
In the issue Of my paper, The Crafts
man, (thtn published at Charlotte, \. CD
dated February II, 1887 ! caused to be
repubIished an article from the Richmond
Labor Herald. in which certain charges
againsl the mana cement OF the Durham
Cotton Mill were made which reflected
severely upon the conduct of its officers.
| did this without investigation, assum-
ming as | did that the Labor Herald had
done 50 before publishing the original
article.
Since then ] have had occasion to visit
Durham in person where | had opportun-
ity to fully inquire into the matter, and
upon investigation, | am now satisfied that
in publishing the original article in the
Labor Herald and its republication in my
own paper, great injustice was done you
For my action in the premises please
accept NY assurance that the cause was
not prompted BY purpose on my part {
do You personal injury nor unJustly IN
terfere with the management OF yOur busi
ness affairs.
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CITY-LIkE lMPROI IE'iENTS.

| have seen nothing il North Carolina
to be compared with the improvement
here in Asheviile. | had not visited the
place in four years. | expected to see
many new buildings and many improve
meuts To use well worn comparison,
The half had not been told" In the
limits of this article cannot Give the i'm
provements except in general way The
old wooden stores are rapidly giving way
t. large modern brick stores. Business IS
conducted more and more in q city Wav.
y telephone system is in operation. Eigh
teen brick stores are now III process OF
erection. Gas works are nearly ready for
lighting the houses Of the town. Electric
lights illuminate the city at night. \
perfect system of water works will shortly
supply water. There has been some trouble
about the water, but Mr.. Furnan tells me
that in a short time it will all be satisfac-
torily settled, and the pure liie-g giving
stream will run through The pipes into the
homes of the people of Asheville. \ com
pany has made arrangements 10 build a
street car track and run street cars in the
place. Everything that viii give the place
the comforts and cOnvenienceS of d city is
being introduced. 1t costs money to do it,
and il puts the town in debt heavily: but
-Ashevlle is plucky and don :lind debt
The Indebtedness of the town is now about
$40, 00G This is rather large debt for
a town with less than 5000 inhabitants,
one fourth of whom are negroes.
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Very respectfully,
G. K. KING.

While not endorsing Mr.. King at any
time in this matter. the CHRONICLE IS glad
that he has shown the wisdom to apologize
for his mistake. We are also glad that
the Company accepted the retraction.
The Daily Index, "a labor paper, ,crticizes
Mr.. King and says: Mr.. Kings course
(not in apologizing for wrong doing, but
all through has not been at all consistent,
bit far from what it should have been un-
der the circumstances, and we feel should
receive the most stern condemnation III
the power of the noble Order, which he
claims to serve, to beStOW.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.

The biggest subject of conversation in
.Ashevile is the tremendous price of real
estate I will give few of the recent
transactions, Is It Will best show the rapid
appreciation If prices
Seventeen months ago q lot, lsoX120
feet, on the corner Of Patton Avenue and
Main street sold for S13, 90 It was thought
a high price. Within three months a lot,
24X120 of this lot. was sold for 50, 300
The party has been offered So, 800 for the
balance of the lot He declined to take it,
holding it at So. He viii erect three
stores on the lot, three stories high. The
stores are already rented one at a rental
Of 81, 800 per Year Had the owner sold
the property at the offer, the cieai profit
would have been SIS, 900.
Another big transaction: Sometime ago
the Eagle Hotel property was bought by
Messrs. W. B. Gwyn and d. G. WaddtIl
They paid $50, 900 for it. Within so days
they sold not quite half of it for 500 800,
and the remainder was sold in sections at
private sale for nearly 500 900. The clear
| profit Oh the transaction was about $2S, 900
And still another: Mr.. Richmond Pear
son had 70 lots near the old depot. He
| sold one third of them for more than all
cost him. He sold others at large price
| One more: Mr.. Theo. Hobgood, editor
of the Asheville Advance, tells me that
four years ago many small lots in the
northern part of the city were put on the
market at from $3.50 to $4OO. They con-
tinued to rise in price until now they sell
at 81 900.
A fifth transaction and have done; Mr..
| H. A. Gudger, three or four years ago,
bought piece of land-and if my memory
serves me right, it contained 90 acres for
$5, 900. He recently sold it aud his clear
profit was $50, Ooo On an Investment of
only 50, 900! Think Of it,
There is nothing elsewhere in North
| Carolina that can be compared to this rs
ing value of land.
These prices seem almost incredible and
out of all proportion to what property is
bringing elsewhere in the west.
Can the present high prices of real estate
keep up? That depends. If the building
boom continues, and if the Summer anC
Winter visitors continue to crowd the
place, prices may be maintained. But i
the tide of visitors should be turned else
where, there would be a great depreciation
of values Prices are really too high il
Ashevlle. They are city prices Th'
greatest thing that maintains them is tina
the new comerS are usually from larg
northern cities where land is very high
They are wealthy, and they think it yer.
cheap to buy big town lot for S., 0O
wheleon they can build a residence.
There is really nothing in Asheville, al
though it is a growing, live and progress
i've young city, to make land as high as
now is 1t has population of betwee
seven and eight thousand, while the price
of land are as high as in a city with te
times the population. have great fait
in the future growth of Ashevile, provide
the men in the city who have money wi
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1887.

invest their own surplus and indace north
ern settlers also to invest in manufactur-
ing. Thu dry may come when northern
tourists viii 90 elsewhere. They do not
go to florida ID such large Numbers as
forfnellv; and the day may come when
AsheVile le will be deprived of the large
revenu derived from this source.
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SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
-o,INFNTS ON TOPICS THAT ARE
INTERESTING. THE PEOPLE.
.Thr views of Our Contemporaries on
ot Interest

The views of Our Contemporaries on
Passing Public Events and Questions
az Interest
The man who should be the next Gov
.-.ol ; in his fields attending to his farm
M seeing his crops worked The party
.s acts upon the supposltion that the
f. .eraor Of this State must be a lawyer
ind itself greatly mistaken in Eovom
1858 4 successful farmer viii make
GOOD Governor, and this the Southerner
.aa-es to maintain until a Democratic
.aseat.on says it is wrong. For once
-a- lave tile clodhopper instead Of the
rat.1agger, Tarboro Southerner-
op.as ing of the good effects of President
g.a..ds administration tie Wilson
N..lar says: Ye~ from the bright waters
rae Atlantic whose ripping billows
wake with their splashing laughter the
aaeam> Of morning. to the far distant
pe, If the Pacific, where daylight Is
~.a. 10 sleep in the soft, sweet lullaby Of
aurmcrins tides, one mighty people
beginning 70 keep step to the drum
J IT union, and are timing their heart
g., ID tie ha moniouS rythm o. peace
a reconciliation.
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tv1 thcl, church relations in the political
.sAat have truly borrowed the livery OF
heaven u nhieH 70 serve the devil. When
q tar forget their God a. to debase
-u- -.lred' relations Of Gods holy com
a5u and church to obtainil g poIitct!
power. they deserve to be kicked out Of
.els place ot Lnliue.ce and trust. lltey
ase not worthy to be truste'i " iison
Advance.
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COSTLY DIRT.
LAND IN A>HEVILLE AT FABU-
LOUS PRICES.
The Western Metropolis Considered As
to its Real Estate l;0On, its ManHfac-
turing. and its Schools and Colleges.
Editorial CorrespOndence.

to its Real Estate l;oonn, its Manufac-
turing, and its Schools and Colleges.
Editorial Correspondence.
AsHEvILLE, N. c., Aug 10, 1887. Wis
iting Asheville when it is full of Summer
visitors a stranger will not be apt to get a
correct impression of the place or its per
manent residents I like, in visiting Il
North Carolina town (and unfortunately
we have nothing but towns in the State)
to study the habits Of IFS people. their
business methods their manufacturing
enterprises, and projected new lines of
business. 1t is pleasant also to study from
a political standpoint There is big diff
ference between an Edgecombe county
Democrat and a BuucOmbe county Demo-
crat. The same is true of Republicans.
They come together on all great party
questions and there Is not much apparent
disagreement. To get at the different
veins of thought that are 70 be discovered
in the several sections one must go beneath
the surface. He must not take his poiiti
cal views wholly from people who reside
IN town. or in the country. He must talk
Il both. Neither can he safely rely for
Information about public sentiment upon
any one class of people in a community.
LAWYERS may look at a matter III one light :;
mechanics in another: merchants in an
other, &c. The editor must keep his eyes
and ears and mouth open get all he can
out of Judges, street car drivers, lawyers,
house builders, preachers, brick layers and
farmers. It is not ordinarily difficult TO
Get at the bottom Of public sentiment by
pursung this course. 1t is difficult in
Asheyille now because the town has , 600
more people in it than permanently reside
here Ii is the strangers who make the
biggest noise, put on most style, drink the
most champagne and otherwise are seen
,t.4u heard of most frequently. The dan
ger lies iii c0ntounding these young people,
some Of whom are not always as circum-
sIcct in life as when at home, with the
residents of the place
have heard visitors say that AShevile
Was this and that and the other Encom-
pimeutary thing, whereas the truth is.
these critics were Judging the people anl
place by noisy Summer visitors. | confess
myself, upon first appearance, to having
drifted into the error that Asheyille's
population was always or the 90 and
ready to move and sell out everything in
moments notice ! was in and about
the place long enough to learn my mistake
| shall not write up Asheville, but give
the CHRONICLE readers the result of impress
9ions a visit made upon me from three
standpoints: The Real Estate Boom, Man
ufacturing. and Eiucat iuIstIv.
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THOMAS'S HUMBUG.
THE W. n. c. X. RIA TRACK OF
PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY.
4 Snatch of History bout the W. n. G..
II. II. in IS56--The Belief that it Could
Not be Built, &C., &c.
Editorial Corresponding


WAYNESvILLE. n c. Aug. Is, 1SS1.-
Upon the occasion Of my visit to this place
four Years ago | was forced to leave the
train at Pigeon River and travel four miles
in a private conveyance. During the four
years that have interviewed the railroad
has been completed 70 Waynesville and
seventy miles beyond These people, who
were for so long without railroad facilities,
are Wondering now how they ever man
aged TO exist without a railroad. And
yet they contrived TO get on we'll without
it. and | shouldn't be surprised if there
are few who think the old ways We're the
best that all these new tangled ways of
riding behind steam horses is only 4 begin
ming of fast living and extravaganza and
foOliShneSs.
Something over thirty years ago when
Mr. VIM. II. Thomas-whos career among
the Indians and their admiration OF him
and love for his children IS an interesting
story was 4 candidate for the Stare Sen
ate, he advocated the building of tins rail
road His idea wsts-anl il was the plan
Of the General Assembly at the session Of
1896 to construct g railroad % form q
connection with the Western n G. Z. r.,
also with the Wilmington Charlotte X
Rutherford r. R., to be extended and CON
nected with the railroads Of Georgia and
with the railroads OF Tennessee, and steam
boat navigation.
This, said the report Of the commit
tee Of Internal Improvements, Of which
Mr. Thomas was chairman in 1896 :, is
the last link IN the railroad which Is eX-
tending from the Harbor OF Beaufort and
Wilmington westward towards =. Diego
on the Pacific, distance OF 1000 miles
or this entire ine, 1,So0 miles OF the cas-
ern portion, commencing at Beauiof1 mar
bor, has either been constructed or ! II
progress Of construction, with the eNeep-
tion Of the link from the French Broad,
West,
TIE committee recommended lhe lneor-
porauon OF the North carolina CeAtr,l'
Atlantic and Pacltic H. K Company, with
amendments. to tae "a charter, - IN
Y crease lta capfai oSl,oo7,oot, 1nG Y con
line ITS operations Westri The Blue Ridge
/ &c. This was big undertaking and our
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points deSl gnated.
The committee deem it proper to men
ton some of the resources west Of the Blue
Ridge and advantages resulting to the
improvements of North Carolina. and to
the portion of the State east of the Allie
ghany range of mountains. as we'll as to
the whole State, from the connection. The
portion of the State situated west of the
Blue Ridge is larger than some Of the
States of this union. L IS properly the
New England of the South. y soil more
fertile, productions OF the soil the same,
mineral productions far superior, water
power for manufacturing purposes equal
if not superior to that OF New England; 4
climate more salubrious, because free from
the evil effects Of the extremes of hCat and
cold.
This New England of the South is the
centre Of the Southern country, midway
between Beaufort Harbor. on the Atlantic
ocean and Memphis, on the Mississippi
river. and also between Charleston and
Savannah on the southern Atlantic, aud
Cincinnati and Louisville, on the Ohio
river. Being supplied with mineral sp1inE~
and warm springs, and surrounded ~
mountain scenery superior to any OF, the
whole Alleghany range OF mountains, With
whica every slavcholding State in The
union Will be connected in the neNt six
wears, unless North Carolina should prove
TO be the Rip Van Wrinkle OF the >3uth,
and fail to complete her connection that
port ion Of the state must become the sum
mtr residence Of the southern people, and
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He Ought % Receive ii Friendly Wei
come.
[From Twin City Daily. !

From IWln-C City Daily.
Hon. JAS. W. Reid, having atisfactorily
adjusted his business troubles, is expected
home in a day or two. He will resume the
practice of Law at Wentworth. We are
Informed he has receipts from all his cred
itOrs.